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Turtle Island is on the south part of the beautiful island Bali, small island for turtle breeding area located near Tanjung Benoa, Nusa Dua, both Islands are still connected to each other. There, you can see the turtle up close and play with other animals.

Several places nearby also provide adequate water sports activities such as Jetskiing, Parasailing, Banana Boat, Flying fish and other aquatic tourist that is close to Tanjung Benoa, about 20-30 minutes.

To go to Turtle Island, you must hire a boat from Tanjung Benoa beach provided by the water sports operators. Admission into the Turtle Island is free, usually included the cost of boat transportation.

During the journey to Turtle Island, visitors can see directly the beauty of marine life, fish and beautiful coral reefs, from a specially designed ‘glass bottom’ boat. Inside the boat, is prepared bread to feed the fish. At a certain distance, the boat will stop and you can feed the fish.

Feeding Fish from the boat

Arriving at Turtle Island, you can look straight to the pond of the turtle parents, and turtle babies are in the other pool. You will be given an explanation by the a local guide about breeding of turtles and turtles life.

Turtle parents

You can get into the pool and take pictures with them. Turtle moms have a very large size. You are advised not to make a stress the turtles, such as a lot of movements that can make them shocked and also not allowed to throw trash to the pond.

With big turtle

Big Turtles in the pond

Besides turtles, there are several other animals, such as birds, snakes, monkey, iguanas, bats, and much more. You can take photos directly with the animals.

There is available a store that sells a variety of souvenirs from Turtle Island.

Komodo Island is an island located in the Nusa Tenggara island, Eastern part of Indonesia. The island is known as the Komodo dragon habitat for native animals. This island is the Komodo National Park which managed by the Central Government. Komodo Island is located in the eastern of the island Sumbawa, which is the western end of East Nusa Tenggara Province, bordering the province of West Nusa Tenggara.
On this island, komodo animals live and breed well. In this island there are about 1,318 in number. There is also another island, such as the nearby island of Rinca Island which a habitat for native animals of ancient komodo. Rinca island also became one of the of the island which belong to the Komodo National Park.

Why komodo island more famous? That is because the island of Komodo was the place where the first komodo discovered by Dutch Lieutenant, Steyn van Hens Broek in the early 20th century, and later named by the name of that animal.

Besides the two large islands, there are two other islands are included in Komodo National Park, and became komodo habitat, that are : 1. Gili Motang Island, with 68 populated komodo, and 2. Pulau Padar, populated 86 komodo.

Every tourists who visit the island of Komodo would be taken to travel to Rinca Island. In this island tourists will be invited to explore the tracks along the 2 km-8 km to visit komodo habitat, as well as on the Komodo Island. Track length and duration of the trip depends on the choice of tourists.

In komodo native habitat, visitors must be accompanied by tour guides (rangers) who are trained to deal with komodo. Tourists are also highly discouraged out of the group.

If we look at a glance, we might think komodo are lazy animals. Komodo also prefer silent or walking slowly. In fact, they can run at speeds 16 miles-18 miles per hour when chasing prey. They also can swim up to 500 meters. Tail and fangs are the power of them. Komodo classified as vicious animals. They are very sensitive to the smell of blood, even smell the blood within 5 km and are also sensitive to sudden movement and noise. If they have the disorder, komodo can be agitated and aggressive.

When face the attack from komodo, the ranger will hit the ancient animal’s neck with branches sticks which he always carried. Try not to get hurt when tracking or walking around.

Planning determination of the Komodo National Park as the New Seven Wonders of Nature in mid-May 2012 will make Komodo Island will be known around the world and is expected to attract more local and foreign tourists.

Borneo (Kalimantan) is one of the major islands in the world that is located in southeast of the Malay Peninsula in the larger Sunda group of Malays. The island is bounded by the South China Sea (northwest) and, Sulu Sea, Sulawesi Makassar Strait and the Java Sea. Largest political segment of the island is Indonesian (until 1949 the Netherlands). In 1963 joined the federation of Malaysia and among them the Islamic Sultanate (empire) of Brunei. The Population of the island in 1990 were estimated at 12.305 million, which had 8.911 million Kalimantan, Sabah, Sarawak 3.135 million, and Brunei 259.000.

Borneo is mountainous and largely covered by rain forest. Mount Kinabalu, in the far northeast, extending southwest of the island to the Crocker Range, Nieuwenhuis and Muller mountains. Most of Borneo, supplied by the river navigable, often survive only with the trade. Equatorial climate is hot and humid with a fairly distinct division into two seasons, the rainy season between October and March and a relatively dry and cool in the summer for rest of the year.

The average rainfall is about 150 inches (3800 mm) a year. Both the flowers and fauna of Borneo population very varied. They include Rafflesia (the largest flower in the world), orangutan and gibbon, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros, and many insects. Kinabalu and Gunung Mulu National Parks are conservation areas where protected species of animals, are nurtured back to a healthy population.

In the districts of Sarawak, Kalimantan and Sabah, tourists can visit Orangutan Rehabilitation Centers where many of the animals that have been orphaned or rescued in some way, are prepared for release back into the Borneo rainforest. Many of Borneo’s wildlife sanctuaries run volunteer projects lasting from 2 weeks to 3-6 months, were volunteers can be directly involved in preserving these precious animals. The island is not only inhabited by Malay standards but by variable population. This includes Dayak, Dayak people on Wikipedia (These people were the ancestors to Borneo’s diverse peoples that are today known collectively as Dayaks, and developed in their each environment), Malay Muslims, Chinese and small part of Europe.